Newsweek: National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller discusses why newspapers shouldn’t become not-for-profit ventures, why she believes it’s “delusional” to charge readers for online news, and the “slippery slope” that the NYT would embark upon were it to seek philanthropic support for news-gathering.

Got a comment? Keep it to yourself. That’s the Boston Globe, but we’re not gonna lie, we have to agree.

NEWS NOTES

The day after… Mediaite has a wrap-up of Sarah Palin in the media this weekend.

WEST WING REPORTAGE

We learned first via ABC’s Jake Tapper’s Twitter last night that a date has been set for that beer at the White House. Gates and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley will meet President Obama for a brewski Thursday at 6pm. Still unclear what each guy will be drinking.

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